Ironing board



Dec. 1, 1925 1,563,535

A. SONDACK IRONI NG BOARD Filed Feb. 2l, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS Dec. l, 1925. 1,563,535

' A. SONDACK I IRONING BOARD Filed Feb. 2l. 1925 2 Sheets-$heet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES ABRAHAM SONDACK, F BRONX, NEW YORK.

inoNIivc BOARD.

Application filed February 21, 1925.

To a-ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM SoNDAoii, a citizen of Russia, residing at Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful .Improvements in Ironing Boards, of which the following is a specification.

riihis invention :relates to improvements in ironing boards, and has particular reference to a folding support therefor.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved ironing board of simple and inexpensive construction, the support for which may be readily set up in operative position and easily and quickly folded when not in use.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed descript-ion, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

1n the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ironing board constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section therethrough; n

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure l1 is a vertical longitudinal section with the board and its support in its folded position;

Figure 5 is a sect-ion on the line 5 5 of Figure 1; and

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Figure 1.

Referring inore particularly to the accompanying drawings the ironing board is shown as consisting of a standard 7 of substantially U shaped formation and preferably made of light channel iron or other suitable material, the bight portion 8 of the standard forming the base thereof when the board is in use. The sides of the standard 7 may be braced by suitable cross bars 9 and the upper ends of said sides have rigidly secured thereto the laterally extending lugs 10. A bracket 11 has its ends pivoted to the lugs with the intermediate portion thereof secured to the board 12 adjacent one end so as to provide a pivotal support for said board.

The support further includes a second standard 13 of inverted U shaped formation, the lower free extremities of said standard having pivoted thereto the :feet 14 which rest Serial No. 10,813.

upon the floor or other support when the board is in operative position. r1`he lower eX- treinities of the standard 13 have pivotally connected thereto the lower ends of the diagonal braces 15 made of the saine material 69 as the standard 7 and the upper ends of said braces are in turn connected to the pivot of the bracket 11. nterinediate the ends of the braces the same are connected by a cross piece 16 to which is pivoted at 17 an inter 65 mediate brace 18 to the long arin of which is pivoted a second brace 19 overlapped by the adjacent extremity of said brace 18, the pivotal connection 2O and the overlapping relation being such that the adjacent ends of the 7@ braces 18 and 19 will be incapable of downward 'movement from their aligned position but capable of an upward movement, as viewed in Figure 1 when the support for the board 12 is being folded. The end of the 75 brace 19 opposite the pivot 2O is pivoted at 21 to the lower cross piece 9 of the standard 7 To the extremity of the short arm of the brace 18 is pivoted a third brace 22 which is in turn pivotally connected at 23 to the S9 cross piece 2a joining the sides of the standard 13.

Adjacent the free end of the board 12 the same is provided upon its under surface with a. stop or catch 25 capable of being engaged by the bight portion of the standard 13 so as to retain said standard in its operative position and maintain the various elements constituting the support in a rigid condition. In setting up the support an outward pull in the direction of the free end of the board 12 is exerted upon the standard 13 so that the same is moved slightly about its lpivotal connection with the feet 141. This puil upon the standard 13 will have a tendency to lift 95 the short end of the brace 18 through the medium of the brace 22 and therefore, due to the slight flexibility of the various braces, it will be apparent that the standard will be placed under a certain amount of tension as it is pulled out preparatory to engaging the catch 25. In order to fold the support the standard 13 must be pulled outwardly to diseiigage the same from the catch and theren after the free end of the board 12 may be 105 lifted slightly. The upper end of the standard 13 is then moved toward the standard 7 a slight distance to cause the brace 18 to rock about its pivot and break the connection between it and the brace 19 whereupon the U0 standard 7 together with the braces 15, may

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be moved toward the standard 13 to the position shown in i* igure d, 'I he board l2 may then be dropped to the Vertical Kposition Shown in the latter' figure, whereupon the parts will be entirel57 folded.

The board is provided with an accessoryY in the form oit a shelf 2G pivoted at 2T to the standard 7 and having,- lugs 2S capable or" engaging` the braces l5 when the board is in its operative position so that when an iron or other implen'ient is placed upon the shelt the latter will be maintained in a horizontal position. At the saine time the shelf is tree to swing' to the inoperative position shown in Figure #l when the board and its support are folded.

What is claimed is:

l. ln a support :tor ironing boards, a standard, a board pivoted at one end to said standard, a second standard upon the ripper end o'l which said board is capable ot resting.r diagonal iiiaeingl meii'ibers eonnectiiw 'said standards7 an intermediate brace pivotall)7 connected intermediate its ends to said bracing members7 an end brace pivotally connecting one end ot said intermediate brace with the tirst named standard7 and a second end b ace pivotallyv connected to the other end'oj said interniediate brace and to said second standard.

2. ln a support 'tor ironing boards, a pair o? standards capable ot supporting an ironing board, diagonal bracing members connecting; said standards, an intermediate brace pivotally connected intermediate its ends to said bratdng` members, an end brace pivotally connecting one end )it said intermediate brace with one ot said standards, and a second end brace lpivotally connected to the other end ol said intermediate brace and to the other standard.

lin testimony,v ii'liereot have aiiixed my signature.

ABRA AM SGNDACY. 

